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Astronomy Links

News

Wesleyan Science - Current science new here at Wesleyan
APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day
today@NASA - news releases from NASA
Space.com- current space related news

Tools

NASA Astrophysics Data System - search for journal articles, online catalogs, and libraries
Space Telescope Digitized Sky Survey - the Palomar Sky Survey digitized with HST fields too!
SkyView Virtual Observatory - generate images of any part of the sky in many wavelengths
U.S. Naval Observatory Time Service
SIMBAD on the Web
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)

Useful Links from The Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy - great professional astronomy links
Eric's Treasure Trove of Astronomy - very comprehensive site with dictionaries and handbooks online. This thing is nearly an online encylopedia of astronomy. There are links to treasure troves for physics and chemistry too.
Yahoo: Astronomy - a decent starting point when searching
AAS Job Registry
American Institute of Physics Career Services

For the following tools you will need local information. Here it is for
Van Vleck Observatory:
Latitude: 41 33' 18'' N (41.555° N)
Longitude: 4h 50m 38s W (72.66° W)
Altitude: 65m
Time Zone: 5 hours west

NOTE: These links will open a new browser window so you can refer back to the above local information easily!

Weather

Conneticut Weather - current temps, humidity, satellite images, animations, and forecasts for CT
National Weather Service Forecast
Weather.com
Clear Sky Clock for Van Vleck Observatory - this is a computer model predictor of the sky.

Publications

Electronic Astrophysical Journal
Electronic Astronomy and Astrophysics journal
Publication of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP)
Astronomical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sky and Telescope Magazine
Astrophysics preprints page

Organizations

American Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Space Telescope Science Institute